Early People & the Ice Age
What was the Ice Age?
A period when the Earth was much colder and covered in ice
What weapons did early people use for hunting?
Spears and atlatls
What does historic mean?
A period where written records are kept
What is a wigwam?
What is Chunkey?
A Native American game played by rolling a stone and trying to throw a spear closest to it
What kinds of animals did Paleo and Archaic people hunt?
Mostly large animals, like mammoths and mastodons
What is an atlatl?
A long handle that attaches to a spear to throw it farther and harder
What does nomadic mean?
A people group that travels from place to place
What crops did Native Americans farm in Kentucky? Give at least three examples.
Corn, beans, squash, pumpkins, tobacco, sunflowers
Who invented the Cherokee alphabet?
Sequoyah
What did Paleo and Archaic people eat? (excluding meat)
Plants they could gather or find around, like fruits or nuts
What weapon was invented by Native Americans?
Bow and arrows
What does prehistoric mean?
A period before written records were kept
How big were most Native American villages?
30-60 homes
What was special about the fire in the council house?
It was sacred and kept burning all the time
What were Paleo and Archaic homes made out of?
Animal hides from buffalo, mammoths, or mastodons
What did Native Americans do with the bodies of the animals they hunted?
They used every part of the animal, for meat, clothing, tools, and shelter
What does maize mean?
Native American word for corn
Who were the first people to farm in Kentucky?
The Woodland Indians
What kind of jewelry did the Cherokee make?
Silver
What were mounds used for?
Sacred sites, like burial mounds or important buildings
What did people hunt after the Ice Age ended?
Smaller animals, like deer and elk (Mammoths and mastodons died off)
What is a legend?
Stories that tell about the past, can be true or not
Draw a rough sketch of Kentucky on your whiteboard. Label the location of the three main historic tribes that lived in Kentucky.
Bluegrass = Shawnee
Small southeast = Cherokee
Jackson Purchase = Chicasaw
What were council houses used for?